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It always made me laugh that both Anarchy In The UK and God Save The Queen by The Sex Pistols were banned, yet they happily played Pretty Vacant, where Johnny Rotten clearly says it as vacunt.

Good advice re the electrics, I’ve just had mine changed in an MIM Precision. I’m not sure whether it’s all in the mind but when doing this the sound seems more defined. Who knows but they’re certainly better, more reliable parts.

Lovely looking bass there, congrats.

Update to the update: Used the Player at the gig and it went fantastic. In the past when I’ve used basses other than my US Standards although they’ve been ok I’ve not felt entirely comfortable. Tonight I did. That for me says it all, and am very happy with this result.

They do look nice, been tempted myself by these.

I’ve used an RH450/210/112 stack and it sounded great, plenty of power and a nice core tone to it.

Have s good ‘un, played with them last year and they were amazing.

Yep, decided that’s my plan, just going to use the new MIM Player for June and see how it goes.

So update time, regular strings fitted, and had the Graphtec Nut fitted, plus an upgrade of pots/Jack/cap - thanks to our very own @gary mac for that. Should add I get Gary to do all the work in my basses now, not only is he a gent and his work great but there’s a Pie & Mash Shop just down the road😃 Also added a Hipshot 3-way string tree to save the sometimes pesky A string rattle. First outing for this bass tomorrow night, will be the first time I’ll have used it with the band but sometimes you just have a sense of confidence in an instrument and I have that with this one.

I always thought Simenon had flats on his Precision.

Rotator cuff muscles control that movement, and when playing up are very painful. As has been said see an osteopath, they really do work wonders.

Yeah think I’m gonna bite the bullet and use it. Looking forward to Sat, should be a good evening/gig, great line up.

As you`ve said that you`re not keen on chubber-necks, check out the new Player Precisions, much slimmer depth necks on these. I`ve just scored one, bought it primarily as my bass for flying with (so as no damage to expensive, no longer produced range of US ones that I like), but have been so knocked out with how good it is and how comfortable it is to play I`ve given myself a real question by buying this bass. As in, do I just move on my more expensive US ones and buy another Player? Gonna use it for the next month exclusively to make my decision, as gigging/rehearsing rather than using at home is the leader on my basses, that`s how I find out what suits, but whatever conclusion I come to I`d recommend taking a look at this range.

Great basses, had one of these as my first proper bass - cost £450 way back in 1987 which was over a months salary for me. Worth it though, gigged it regularly for the next 4 years without backup and it never let me down.

Now that’s cheating - but to be applauded!

It appears that she wants to be “taken seriously”. Maybe it’s not that at all and there’s another reason, one which we may never know, but until then, well serious Vic she will remain.

Def not, I know that due to only playing gigs with FOH that a couple of 112s would be fine for my on-stage sound however I just can’t do it so have a 410 (plus a 210 for bigger gigs/stages and videos). It might seem daft, but on the originals scene many of the punters see a band using little amps and think that they aren’t a “proper” band. If you want them to take you seriously you have to play to their conceptions, no matter that we all know that a Class D amp/Barefaced Compact for us and a Fender Champ for the guitarist is all that’s actually needed.

That’s my set-up, with an ABM210 EVO IV to add in for big gigs and posey video shoots. I agree, the EVO IV range in general is a step up.

That’s a very good point Chris, and probably why it’s so easy to soundcheck us - the soundman probably swiftly realises there’s little point in polishing a trud.

Being a 3 piece our needs are pretty simple - me & the drummer both need to hear the lead guitarist/singer as most of our songs are started by him. I need to hear my own vox so I don’t go off key, and we never have on-stage sound louder than the sound of the kit unamplified, so I can always hear the drums. A soundcheck for us can take as long as playing two whole songs but that’s if we’re particularly picky that day.......

Yeah we often get asked if we have day jobs or asked what its like to be in a professional band. I suppose it’s down to the workload of the band, we do a lot of gigs all over the country, plus Europe. Probably the assumption is how can we manage that and be in regular employment.

I still find it strange that people want to have their photo taken with me/the band, or want us to sign merch they’ve bought. We’re 3 grumpy middle aged blokes with faces like gorillas derrières, and we all have real jobs so although I’m now used to it happening I’m still not sure as to why.

Quality, had almost forgotten that track, and yes, Bruce def on fine form.

Love my ABM600, have had a fair few Ashdown amps but the 600 tops them all. And my backup RM500 EVO-II is no slouch either. For real big stages the ABM shines through and has a real presence to it that is very near the all-valvers, but for regular sized venues the RM is plenty good enough, never feels like a compromise.

Looks great and a very good, practical idea.